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Monument details

Summary

Church, mentioned in Domesday, prob. rebuilt late 12thc, with 13-15thc addition. Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1280 to 1899. Possible late 12th century church comprising a nave, chancel and south aisle. The nave was lengthened by the end of the 13th century and the tower was constructed in the early 14th century. Other additions took place during the late 14th century and 15th century. A restoration took place circa 1857. The church is constructed of ragstone with cement render and a tile roof. In 1985 the church was in the care of the Redundant Church Commission.

Monument Types

• CHURCH (Medieval to Modern - 1280 AD to 2050 AD)
• STABLE (STABLE, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

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[TQ 66165216] St. Michael's Church [NAT] (1) The church at East Peckham is dedicated to St. Michael. Domesday mentions a church at Peckham. It is more than probable that the church was rebuilt in the late 12th c. It comprised a nave, chancel and possible a small south aisle. At the end of the 13th c. the nave was lengthened by two more arcades and early in the 14th c. the tower was built. The east wall of the chancel was rebuilt and a chancel aisle added in the late 14th c. A porch was built in the 15th c. and other alterations have been made. The church was an early possession of Christchurch, Canterbury. There is a list of rectors from the early 15th c. (2) Similar information - re-dedication. (3) Brief references to the church - "heavy war damage", restored. (4) St. Michael's, East Peckham. Chiefly Perpendicular but the north arcade of the nave is 14th c. There are a few fragments of old painted glass". (5) The church is at the present time in use for divine worship. The nave and tower walls and buttresses have been cement-coated. (Viz. Authy. 4) (6) Checked and correct: in normal use. (7) Parish church of St. Michael. Grade II*. Mostly C14, heavily restored in C19. This church is now in the care of the Redundant Church Commission. Stable to the south of St. Michael's Church. Grade II*. Built as stabling for horses belonging to church congregation. [For full description see list]. (8)

Description from record TQ 65 SE 225:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 64 SE EAST PECKHAM CHURCH LANE, OLD PECKHAM
2/47 Church of St Michael
25.8.59
- II*
Parish Church mostly C14, heavily restored in C19. Nave with south aisle, chancel and chapel. West tower, c.1300, ragstone covered with Roman cement. Ragstone walling elsewhere. Tiled roof. Perpendicular windows renewed during restoration by Joseph Clarke, c.1857. One Norman window in chancel. Interior: Nave and aisle roofs with crown-post trusses on moulded tie-beams. Brasses of William and Mary Whetonhall in nave, 1539; various large tablets; Elizabeth Goldinge, d.1595; Roger Twysden, 1611; Elizabeth Twysden, 1655; Twysden family, 1689. This church is now in the care of the Redundant Churches Commission. Listing NGR: TQ6692849186 (11)

HE Archive material: BF051884 ST MICHAELS CHURCH, EAST PECKHAM File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.

<1> OS 6" 1907-38 (OS Card Reference). SKE48320.

<2> A Manor through Four Centuries 1938 18 plan (A R Cook) (OS Card Reference). SKE32825.

<3> History of Kent 5 1798 103 (Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE44124.

<4> Country Life 112 No 2907 Oct 1952 1034 Letters (OS Card Reference). SKE39384.

<5> Kent 1915 222 (J C Cox) (OS Card Reference). SKE45665.

<6> F1 ASP 06-JAN-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE41960.

<7> F2 CFW 13-FEB-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43232.

<8> DOE (HHR) Dist of Tonbridge and Malling Kent April 1985 16 (OS Card Reference). SKE40409.

<9> Field report for monument TQ 65 SE 8 - January, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3413.

<10> Field report for monument TQ 65 SE 8 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3414.

<11> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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